Alabama will get its shot to impress the nation's No. 1 overall football prospect later this summer.

Woodbridge, Virginia star Da'Shawn Hand, announced at this week's Nike Football Training Camp in Ohio that he plans to visit Tuscaloosa during the second week of July. Hand, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive end, is rated by both Rivals.com and 247Sports as the top overall recruit for the Class of 2014.

Hand, who visited Alabama last summer as well, told 247Sports the goal of the visit will be “just to have fun."

"I already know the people and
everything," Hand said. "Just to see if I can fit in and actually live there. Before
it was like wow, sightseeing and everything, but now since I’ve seen
everything it’s can I live here, can I function here, can I bond with
the team here?”

Alabama has consistently been listed among Hand's early favorites along with Michigan, Virginia Tech, South Carolina and Florida and Hand said that he likes the Crimson Tide's combination of on-field success and off-field academic offerings.

“Yeah man their engineering program is cool,” Hand told 247Sports. “They just did a
25-million dollar project and the dean is a football guy so that helps
out a lot too.”

Hand, who is being recruited by Alabama assistant Lance Thompson, said he anticipates the visit to Tuscaloosa being his last unofficial visit of the summer.